Rishon LeZion
city in Israel
Rishon LeZion, Hebrew: רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן - "first of Zion", is a city in Israel. About 244,000 people were living here in 2015.
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Rishon LeZion is in the Gush Dan region in the Central District, south of Tel Aviv.
It was founded by Russian Jews in 1882.
Other websites
change- Official website (in Hebrew)
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